A ceremony to mark the completion of the China-aided project to expand and upgrade Mauritania's National Institute of Public Health was held on Friday in Nouakchott, capital of the northwest African ...

Nouakchott — For the past five years, water has been seeping out of the ground beneath parts of Nouakchott, undermining foundations and transforming some areas of the Mauritanian capital into ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania – A senior Mauritanian official says at least 40 prisoners escaped in a jailbreak outside the capital. The official said the prisoners rushed the facility's main door early ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 3, Locusts have invaded Mauritania's capital Nouakchott for the third time in as many months, forming massive new swarms munching their way through what remains of the city's greenery, ...

NOUAKCHOTT, April 9 (Reuters) - Mauritania's capital Nouakchott has started paying residents to collect their plastic garbage for recycling, a scheme intended to boost the local economy and help clean ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Khadidjatou Taher has lived for a decade in her ramshackle neighbourhood on the far outskirts of Mauritania's capital, but is yet to have running water in her home. The Barron's news department was ...

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghezouani should lead a process to reform repressive laws that muzzle speech and act decisively to advance women’s rights as he marks his first year in office on ...